- Dr. Dean Chou, MD
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Dr. Dean Chou, MD
Neurosurgery
- California, San Francisco
Overview
Dr. Dean Chou, MD works in San Francisco, California is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Chou is affiliated with UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion and practicing for 27 years
Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Conditions
• Acute Urinary Retention• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Colic
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Functional Hemispherectomy
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• Functional Movement Screening
• Helminthosporium Fungus Allergy
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• Joint Fluid Test
• Joint Fusion
• Joint X-Ray
• Lattice Corneal Dystrophy, Type 1
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Neurological Injuries
• Pediatric Chronic Infection
• Pediatric Dermatologic Disorders
• Pediatric Thoracic Disorders
• Pediatric Voiding
• Pelvic Support Problems
• Pneumatic Dilations (PD)
• Pneumoconiosis
• Recurring Pneumonia
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Sinus Node Disease
• Surgical Mesh Removal
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
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Procedures
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Cervical Spine Fracture
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
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• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Disc Replacement
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
• Epilepsy
• Herniated Disc Surgery
• Hydrocephalus
• Intervertebral Disc Herniation
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Spine Fracture
• Meningiomas
• Myelopathy
• Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Neuroplasty
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Osteosarcoma
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Secondary Malignancies
• Spinal Compression Fracture Repair
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Cord Tumor
• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal Nerve Block
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spine Deformities
• Spine Fractures, Traumatic
• Spondylolisthesis
• Stroke
• Thoracic Spine Fracture
• Thoracic Spine Myelopathy
• Vertebral Column Tumors
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 27
State License
- California
Education & Training
Medical School
University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine
San Francisco, CA, United States
Graduated: 1996
San Francisco, CA, United States
Graduated: 1996
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Office Locations
Primary location
UCSF Orthopedic Spine Surgey
400 Parnassus Avenue
California (CA)
San Francisco
94143
Phone:(415) 353-2739
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 45 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
UCSF Orthopedic Spine Surgey, 400 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California (CA), 94143
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Access Plus Savenet
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Basic HMO
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Blue Shield of California
- Brown & Toland Physicians
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Choice Plus POS
- Cigna
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Delta Health System
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- Employer Group HMO
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Group Health Cooperative
- Health Net
- Health Net PPO
- Heritage Signature
- Individual and Family PPO
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- Local Access Plus HMO
- LocalPlus
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- PHCS Network PPO
- Premera Blue Cross
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Vitalidad Plus California Con Aetna
- WholeCare Network HMO
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Affiliated Hospitals
UCSF Medical Center
505 Parnassus Avenue
California CA,
San Francisco,
94143
UCSF Medical Center is a Local Government owned hospital located in San Francisco, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 14 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 11 of 16 procedures.
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero Street
California CA,
San Francisco,
94115
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is a hospital located in San Francisco, CA.
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